Old Growth Forest Being Cut by Forest And Park Services, Valtimo, Nurmes, Finland.

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Taiga (/ˈtaɪɡə/; Russian: тайга́, IPA: [tɐjˈɡa]; possibly of Turkic[1] or Mongolic[2] origin), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga is the world's largest biome apart from the oceans. In North America it covers most of inland Canada, Alaska, and parts of the northern continental United States.[3] In Eurasia, it covers most of Sweden, Finland, much of Norway, some of the Scottish Highlands, some lowland/coastal areas of Iceland, much of Russia from Karelia in the west to the Pacific Ocean (including much of Siberia), and areas of northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, and northern Japan (on the island of Hokkaidō). However, the main tree species, the length of the growing season and summer temperatures vary. For example, the taiga of North America mostly consists of spruces; Scandinavian and Finnish taiga consists of a mix of spruce, pines and birch; Russian taiga has spruces, pines and larches depending on the region, while the Eastern Siberian taiga is a vast larch forest.

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Location: Valtimo Nurmes, Finland.
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Keywords: boreal, borial, deforestation, environment, finland, forest, growth, logging, nurmes, paper, park, services, taiga, valtimo